To keep an efficient use of all available resources in mind, it's necessary to read, monitor and analyze consumption values of smart meters. Therefore, the NETx BMS Platform provides a metering module. This metering module is used to visualize and analyze consumption values of smart meters. Based on a cost center structure, it is possible to perform a cost calculation of the consumed resources.

Licensing

The metering module is automatically installed with the standard installation of the NETx BMS Platform. However, in order to use it, a license extension is required. To get a license a fix fee has to be paid. In addition, for each meter point that is defined within the metering module, 10 data points are subtracted from the available amount of data points of your license.

Since all license extensions are included, the metering module is also available in the demo version and developer licenses.

Documentation

For detailed metering information refer to our knowledge base article: Metering App.

Terms

Term	Description

Term	Description
Meter point	A meter point is a data point that provides the consumption value of a resource. Meter points are usually provided by smart meters. A typical example is an energy meter. An energy meter provides one or more meter points. One meter point can be the consumed kWh of a single phase.